Yes. Manchester City have won the FIFA Club World Cup. They did it in December 2023, and they didn\u2019t exactly sneak through the back door. They beat Fluminense 4-0 in the final in Jeddah, which is about as clean as a final can look without becoming rude.<\/p>\n
This was City\u2019s first FIFA Club World Cup title. That part matters. Before 2023, they\u2019d won plenty in England, and the Champions League had finally arrived too, but the Club World Cup was still missing because you usually need to win the Champions League first to get there.<\/p>\n
Once City won the 2022-23 Champions League, they entered the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup as Europe\u2019s representative. And honestly, once they were in it, the whole thing felt very City. Controlled. Calm. Slightly unfair.<\/p>\n
They beat Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 in the semi-final. Then came Fluminense in the final. The game barely had time to breathe before Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez scored. After that, City just kept squeezing the match until it stopped looking like a contest.<\/p>\n
City won 4-0. That\u2019s the answer people usually want, but the score also tells you the mood of the match. Fluminense tried to play their football, which I actually respect. No panic. No hiding. But against City, that can turn into trouble fast.<\/p>\n
The goals came early enough and often enough that the final had this strange feeling. You knew it was a trophy match, but by the second half, it felt like City were just making sure nobody got injured before the photos.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u00c1lvarez scored almost straight away, which is a horrible way for any underdog to start a final.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fluminense then conceded an own goal through Nino, and you could feel the match tilt properly.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Phil Foden got one too, because of course he did on a night like that.<\/p>\n
\u2022 \u00c1lvarez scored again late on, just to make the scoreline look as final as it felt.<\/p>\n
Some people call the Club World Cup easy for European teams. I get why. But winning it still matters. You have to earn the place first, then travel, adjust, play teams with very different styles, and avoid making the whole season feel weird with one bad night. City didn\u2019t make it weird. They made it look routine.<\/p>\n
For Manchester City, the 2023 Club World Cup was part of a mad trophy run. They had already won the Premier League. Then the FA Cup. Then the Champions League. Later came the UEFA Super Cup. The Club World Cup made it five trophies in the year.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not normal. Even for clubs with money. Even for clubs with Pep Guardiola. People can argue about charges, spending, history, whatever they want, but that team on the pitch was ridiculous. My side opinion? The 2022-23 City side is one of the best club teams we\u2019ve seen in modern football. Not the loudest. Just cold.<\/p>\n
Raj watched the final on his phone while eating pav bhaji from a steel plate, because his TV remote had gone missing again. By the third goal, he stopped pretending Fluminense had a comeback in them. He just wiped his hand, checked the score once more, and said, \u201cOkay, this is done.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s how the final felt. Done early.<\/p>\n
No, Manchester City have won the FIFA Club World Cup once. Their title came in 2023. So if someone asks, \u201cHave City ever won the Club World Cup?\u201d the answer is yes. If they ask whether City are the most successful team in the competition, then no. Real Madrid are still the big name there.<\/p>\n
But City don\u2019t need to pretend this one is bigger than it is. It has its own place. It completed a world champion badge moment. It gave the Guardiola era another shiny line. And for fans, it felt like the final stamp on that treble season, even if the treble had already done the heavy lifting.<\/p>\n
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